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Full Leased Wire Report of The Associated Press—World’s Greatest News Service
Warm - Cloudy
Warm temperature with partly cloudy skies Monday
and Tuesday.
Today’s Range: 64.84. Tomorrow’s Range: 62-84.
Yesterday’s High: 81. Rainfall: .08.
Sunrise: 6:26 a.m. Sunset: 6:47 p.m.
Moonrise Mon.: 2:57 p.m. Moonset Tues.: 4:23 a.m.
Lake Levels: Travis 678.35’. Buchanan 1017.29’.
U.S. Weather Bureau Forecast
for Taylor and Williamson County
Volume 48, Number 85
Six Pages
TAYLOR, TEXAS, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1961
UP) — Associated Press
Price Five Cents
Kennedy - Gromyko
Hopeful for Solution
SEATO Meeting Begins
HARE-BRAINED HOUND—Children at the Sunnyview Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y.,
were delighted by a visit from the Easter “bunny,” even though they knew it was just
“Bali” the German shepherd dog in disguise. “Bali,” who carried a basketful of candy
eggs, was among several pooches from the Schenectady Dog Training Club on a visit.
New Cabinet jl"TexasHouse
To be Formed
In Belgium
BRUSSELS UP) — Election losses
by the right wing of the Cath-
olic party opened the prospect
today that the party’s trade union
wing would join the Socialists
to form a new cabinet.
Because of the traditional Cath-
olic-Socialist rivalry, however, it
appeared a lengthy period of ne-
gotiations would ensue before a
new government could be formed
to succeed Catholic Premier Gas-
ton Eskens’ 28-month-old coalition
of Catholic Social Christians and
Conservative Liberals.
Foreign Minister Pierre Wigny
of the Social Christians predicted
a coalition of Social Christians,
Socialists and Liberals. The So-
cial Christian party president,
Theo Lefevre, said his party “is
not opposed to any political com-
bination, nor does it advocate any
—we are open to any solutions.”
“All political combinations are
now possible,” said Socialist lead-
er Paul-Henri Spaak. Another So-
cialist, former Foreign Minister
Victor Larock, said any future
government “will have to rest
upon the world of labor.”
This morning, in accordance
with the constitution, Eyskens
submtted the government’s resig-
nation to King Baudo'uin. The king
accepted the resignation but con-
tinued the cabinet in office until
a new government is formed.
In the voting for a new Par-
liament Sunday, the Catholics
were the heaviest losers, although
remaining the country's largest
party. The Socialists lost slightly,
the Liberals gained slightly and
the Communists and the pro-
Flemish Volksunie party on the
extreme right, while still making-
negligible showings, gained seats
in Parliament.
Deficit Solving Bill
Wins Crucial Vote
AUSTIN (/?) — House members
pushing for settlement of the de-
ficit before facing a crucial sales
tax vote won their first big test
today.
By a 104-36 vote, representa
tives decided to continue work
today, and probably tonight, on
a $33,152,100 bill. The vote in ef-
fect delayed, and possibly can-
celled a big public hearing set
for 2:30 p.m. on four sales tax
measures.
The deficit solving bill was laid
out at 11:43 a.m. Minutes later
the House recessed until 1:30
p.m. after refusing to adjourn un-
til 10 a.m. Tuesday. An adjourn-
ment would have put the deficit
solving bill off at least until
Thursday.
Just before the tax bill was laid
out, 'the House approved <a meas-
ure that would allow either house
to quit from Thursday until April
5, a period including the Easter
holiday and the April 4 special
Senate election.
“Today is the 77th day of the
session,” said Rep. Charles Ball-
man of Borger, author of the tax
bill. “If we don't do anything to
day it will be the 87th day when
we come back here.
“The honor of the state is at
strike today,” Ballman said. “In
my opinion the $105 million deficit
is a downright shame and dis-
grace. With your help we can
solve the deficit today.
While the House got set for a
big tax battle, the Senate killed
a proposed constitutional amend-
ment that would wipe out the
State Court of Criminal Appeals.
The vote was 10-20. The measure
would have set up a 15-man Su-
preme Court to handle top legal
- LATE NEWS BRIEFS -
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.N. ANNOUNCES TWO CONGO PEACE MOVES
LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo — The United Nations an-
nounced two moves (today to help restore peace in the Congo
—a “get friendly with the Congolese” ordeir to U.N. troops
and the setting up of a neutral zone along the Ruanda-
Urundi border.
GUNMEN GET $16,000 AT HOUSTON STORE
HOUSTON — Three -gunmen robbed a North Houston
grocery of $16,000 in cash Sunday night. Four employes of
the Henry King store were locked in meat coolers. About
12 customers were lined up facing a wall. No one was
injured.
CANOEISTS ATTACK’ NUCLEAR SUBMARINE
HOLY LOCH, Scotland — Three young canoeists demon-
strating against nuclear weapons badgered the U.S. Navy’s
Polaris-firing atomic submarine Patrick Henry today. Two of
them evien managed to climb aboard. U.S. Marines grabbed
them and they were turned over to police.
KENNEDY’S LAOS POSITION GIVEN SUPPORT
WASHINGTON — The strong stance on the crisis in
Communist-menaced Laos that President Kennedy is at-
tempting to project to the Kremlin is getting mounting
endorsement from prominent Republicans in Congress.
Statements over the week end by Republican senators indi-
cate that despite itheir differences with the President on
domestic matters they mean to give a bipartisan tone to
the U.S. position on Laos.
FIGHTING FRONT QUIET IN LAOS
VIENTIANE, Laos — The fighting front continued
quiet in Laos. Scattered clashes in the civil war were
ireported but there was no sign of a major rebel offensive,
said one Western military expert.
tests for both civil and criminal
cases.
The House vote today could be
considered a victory for Gov.
Price Daniel who has urged legis-
lators to settle the deficit before
talking permanent financing. It is
estimated the deficit at the end of
this fiscal period, Aug. 31, 1961,
will total $63 million.
Students Riot
As Un lighted
Beach Closed
\
FORT LAUDERDALL, Fla. ®
—Police from six surrounding
communities reinforced local au-
thorities in putting down a riot by
3,500 vacationing college students,
unhappy at being denied access
to their favorite spot for romanc-
ing, an unlighted beach north of
here.
The riot broke out Sunday night
on busy U. S. A1A, flanked on
one side by a warm, sandy
beach and the Atlantic Ocean and
on the other by a row of beer tav-
erns where the students cool off
between sun bathing sessions.
As resentment grew over clos-
ing of the unlighted beach, stu
dents began halting traffic by ly-
ing in front of cars. Police ar-
rived and ordered the students to
disperse, but were met with a
volley of stones, beer cans and
bottles.
Police Chief J. Lester Holt call-
ed on all available police, fire-
men, sheriff’s officers and Florida
highway patrolmen. Traffic was
routed away from the beach area
and fire trucks and squad cars
converged on the scene.
For nearly two hours the situa-
tion was out of control. The stu-
dents surged through police lines,
heckling the officers and continu-
ing perring them with empty beer
containers.
The riot began to weaken as
high pressure fire hoses were
trained' on front lines of the stu-
dents and officers threw apparent
trouble makers into paddy wag
ons. About 50 students were ar-
rested on changes of disorderly
conduct and another 25 were in-
jured by flying glass from broken
beer bottles.
Control was restored as police
brought iu a truck with loud
(See RIOT, Page 6)
Cockfight Raid
Nets 36 Persons
SILSBEE, Tex. (J>) — Thirty-six
persons arrested in a cockfight
raid near here in Southeast Tex-
as paid fines totaling $1,700 Sun-
day.
State Highway Patrolman Cecil
Cain of Ecaumont joined Hardin
County sheriffs officers in mak-
ing the arrests after someone tip-
ped authorities by asking if roost-
er fights violated the law.
The officers counted 17 dead
birds around a cockfight pit north
of Village Creek, near Silsbee.
They said there was “a lot of-
crowing in the cars” from other
game cocks.
U. S. Indicates Reds
Shot Down Plane
WASHINGTON </P) — The State | isters that “peace is possible
Department said today it has in-
formation indicating that a U.S
plane missing in the Laos ares
was shot down by the Reds.
Press officer Joseph W. Reap,
asked about the U. S. Embassy
C47 that disappeared Thursday
with eight American military men
aboard replied:
“Our information is the plane
is missing and I guess it's a fair
asumption that it’s been shot
down.”
Reap declined to detail the
available information making it a
“fair assumption” that the two-
engined transport craft went down
because of gunfire.
He said he had no information
about the plane’s crew.
The craft left Vientiane, capital
of Laos, Thursday morning. Its
ultimate destination was Saigon
in neighboring South Viet Nam.
An announcement that the plane
was missing was made Saturday.
There was no word whether the
craft might have flown over ter-
ritory controlled by the rebels who
are getting Soviet and North Viet-
namese supplies, and are fighting
the royal Lao government.
The direct Vientiane-Saigon
route would have carried the
plane over friendly Thailand and
not over the battle area in north-
eastern Laos.
Meeting under the threat of
armed Communist takeover in
nearby Laos, foreign ministers of
the Southeast Asia Treaty Organ-
ization today appeared ready to
meet force with force if neces-
sary. ,
The report from Moscow that
the Soviet Union had approved the
Western proposal for a ceasefire
in Laos* electrified the SEATO
conference. But U.S. Secretary of
State Dean Rusk cautioned an
aide to wait for official word and
added, “Any reply will have to be
examined carefully before it can
be assessed.”
Rusk apparently spoke for most
of the eight-nation alliance when
he told the opening session of the
SEATO Council of Foreign Min-
Hub Cap Theft
Cases Reported
Two hub cap theft cases were
reported to city police over the
weekend.
Two spinner-itype hub caps were
reported taken from the 1953
Chevrolet owned by Joe Diaz of
Taylor as it was parked in the
400 block of West Second Street
Saturday night. The caps were
valued at $14.
Two flipper, checkerboard-type
hub caps were taken from the
1951 Mercury owned by Robert
Kautz hetween 8 p.m. and mid-
night Saturday while the car was
parked in the 100 block of West
Fourth Street.
only through restraining those
who break it in contempt of law.”
Rusk cited the Communist
threat to both Laos and South
Viet Nam and reminded the min-
isters that the alliance has an
obligation “to assist the peoples
of Southeast Asia in their fight
for their freedom.”
“Speaking for my country,” the
American continued, “I wish to
assure the members of this or-
ganization and the peoples of
Southeast Asia that the United
States will live up to those re-
sponsibilities.”
I emple Dog
Aids Research
TEMPLE, Tex. (IP) — Albert,
a dachshund pup with a cleft
palate, was flying to Ohio today
to give medical sciencg a lift.
Dr. Walker Porter, Temple
veterinarian, said the small
brown dog is one of only .three
canines found across the coun-
try with such a physical defect
—commonly known as a hair
lip.
Owner Milam Hill of Temple
took Albert, three weeks old
and weighing only seven pounds,
tc the veterinarian because the
pup had trouble eating. Mercy
Hospital in Toledo, Ohio, is do-
ing research on dogs with birth
defects and hoped to apply its
findings to human beings.
Peaceful Settlement
In Laos Possibility
WASHINGTON UP) — President
Kennedy and Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei A. Gromyko sep
arately voiced hopes today that a
peaceful solution of the Laotian
crisis can be found.
Speaking for Kennedy, White
House press secretary Pierre Sal-
inger said: “He continues to be
hopeful that there will be agree
ment between the parties < con
cerned which will permit a cessa-
tion of hostilities and the devel
opment of a neutral and independ-
ent Laos.”
Gromyko, a few moments ear-
lier, said after a 56-minute confer
ence with Kennedy that: “The
President and I, after our conver-
Italy Hardest Hit
Tornadoes, Fierce Thunderstorms
Lash Scattered Areas of Texas
By IRWIN FRANK
Associated Press Staff Writer
Tornadoes and fierce thunder
storms ripped portions of Texas
Sunday night and one funnel
slammed with twisting fury into
the little town of Italy, leaving
it a rubble-strewn mess.
Violent Death
Toll Lists
Elgin Youth
An Elgin boy, Jessie Killings
Jr., 7, was listed as one of 34
violent deaths in Texas over the
weekend.
The Negro boy drowned in a
farm pond adjacent to his home
two and a half miles west of El-
gin Sunday afternoon while swim-
ming with his brother and sister.
A verdict of accidental drown-
ing was returned by Justice of
the Peace J. H. Watson of Travis
County.
Killings apparently • waded off
into a deep hole shortly after en-
tering the tank at 4 p.m. His
body was recovered' by two El-
ginites, Cecil Fisher and Leslie
Fisher Jr., at 5:40 p.m.
Associated Press said auto traf-
fic took 23 lives.
Two cars colliding head-on near
Odessa accounted for seven fatal-
ities.
Six persons died in the crash
11 miles south of Odessa on a
straight stretch of U. S. 385 Satur-
day night, and a seventh died of
injuries Sunday.
Three women from Crane, Tex.
—Mrs. Ruth Miles, 28, driVer of
one car, and two companions,
Mrs. Marseline Self, 20, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Carol Ross, 17—were
among the victims.
Twisters and heavy rains and
hail hit such widely separated
areas as Crockett in Southeast
Texas, Mount Pleasant and Tex-
arkana in Northeast Texas, in
Johnson County sc-uth of Fort
Worth and at Crowley north of
Cleburne, near Royse City and
outside Dallas.
Thirteen persons suffered inju-
ries as the tornadoes smashed
homes, business places and sent
tons of rubble crashing down on
cars. Property loss ran into hun-
dreds of thousands of dollars.
As the cleanup of the stricken
areas progressed, the Weather
Bureau forecast another round of
torrradoes and severe thunder
storms for the southeastern cor-
ner of Texas and southwestern
Louisiana between 1 and 7 p.m.
Monday.
In the forecast area were the
cities of Houston, Galveston, Beau-
mont, Port Arthur and 'Orange
and a huge complex of oil refin-
eries and chemical plants.
Italy’s Mayor Robert Windham
estimated damage at $500,000. Not
a business place on the main
street in the town of 1,200 escaped
damage.
“That path of the tornado was
900 feet wide and it went down
the main section of town from
one end to the other,” said Ennis
patrolman A. E. Chapman, who
aided in the cleanup and rescue
work.
“It hit first at the southwest
part of town, and moved northeast,
hop-skipping over buildings.”
W. Lee Coulston, 22, of Waxa-
chie was in an Italy cafe with
about 12 persons when it was hit
by the tornado at 7:20 p.m. All
escaped injury.
“Everybody got down on itheir
knees and prayed as the winds
from the tornado ripped the roof
off the building and sent dishes
and things .sailing through the
air,” he said.
“Some persons screamed and
others cried, but most of the time
they just prayed.”
Rescue workers and emergency
vehicles from as far away as Dal-
las rushed to Italy. It is midway
between Waco and Dallas on U.S.
77. 1
(See TORNADOES, Page 5)
His Last Words-!
Father, Forgive Them for They
Know Not What They Do'
EDITOR’S NOTE — One short
phrase uttered from the cress
summed up everything Christ
had lived for. Its meaning then
and today is interpreted here
by a noted Lutheran clergyman
in the first of five articles on
Christ’s last words by church-
men of various denominations.
By THE REV. DR.
FRANKLIN CLARK FRY
Written for the Associated Press
“Father, forgive them for they
know not what they do.”
Famous last words of great
men deserve to be remembered
if they pass three tests. The per-
son who uttered them must be
overtoweringly great; the words
themselves need to be pithy, glow-
ing, unforgettable; best of all,
the saying ought to capture and
reflect the very heart of every-
thing the dying man had lived
for. In all history who ever met
these conditions as dramatically
as Jesus Christ?
Great? Listen to a pagan Ro-
man, a battle-hardened infantry
captain who watched Christ die:
this
was the son of
“Truly
God.”
If his judgment is too super-
fical, based on too slight acquaint-
ance for you to take it seriously,
hear the estimate of a constant
companion,:
“My Lord and my God.”
Go on and see Christ’s unequal-
led influence over twenty centur-
ies. Yes, read this newspaper
today.
Jesus’ ejaculations from his
cross are indelible in the memory
of mankind. They were seven in
number punctuating a three hour
long silence. The first one fills
our ears right now:
“Father, forgive them, for they
know not what they do.”
“Father,” he begins arresting-
ly, His choice of the word is more
than accidental. Awe is in his
voice as well as a plea. He is
calling out not only to attract the
attention of God, who seemed' to
have turned away his face; he is
humbly appealing for a decision
from the Judge of All, The case
of the criminal hanging beside
him he would be able to dispose
of by himself in a few moments:
“Today you will be with me in
Paradise.”
This, in contrast, forces him to
lift his eyes above.
“My Father,” we remember
Jesus saying, “is greater than I.”
Father in Bible times was the
head of the family. It was not a
courtesy title; it was real. He
ruled, he decided. “Fifty-fifty re-
lationships” and dining-table coun-
cils were unheard of; they do not
fit in the family of God. The
divine Father is absolute. Thank
God, he is also loving and not
only just, merciful and not al-
ways stem. Be grateful with me
that even the lowest of us has
an advocate with the Father, Je-
sus Christ the righteous.
“Forgive them,” Jesus prayed.
An acquaintance of mine was
once challenged by a scoffer to
describe the Christian faith in ter
words. “I can’t do it,” my frienc
confessed; then, after a minute’s
reflection, he added, “But I can-
(See FATHER, Page 6)
Senate Race
Pressure is
Tightening Up
By FINIS MOTHERSHEAD
Associated Press Staff Writer
Two candidates swapped quota-
tions from the same British poet
Sunday in a special U. S. Senate
race which continues to top all
precedents in Texas’ long and oft-
en stormy political campaign an-
nals.
Another had bus troubles and
turned hitchhiker for a time to
keep the show on, the road.
And for most of the 71 bidders
for th'e old Senate seat of Vice
President Lyndon Johnson the
pressure tightened another notch
as the campaign headed into its
final full week.
For practical purposes this is
the stretch drive for the record-
sized field before Texas voters go
to the polls April 4.
. Maury Maverick Jr., avowed
liberal from San Antonio, and
Republican candidate John Tower
of Wichita Falls exchanged plea-
santries along with passages from
the poetrv of Lord' Byron as they
appeared together at a Greek in-
dependence day celebration in San
Antonio.
Observing that his father on oc-
casion had been known as “Mau-
ry Maverickos,” the San Antonio
candidate drew some notes from
a pocket and quoted Byron, the
English poet who backed the
Greeks in a revolution against
Turkey.
Tower, introduced after Maver-
ick, said it would, be pretty hard
to make his name sound Greek
but he nevertheless was a distant
relative of Byron. Then Tower
likewise produced notes and'
quoted the poet.
State Sen. Henry C. Gonzalez
of San Antonio was another can-
didate expected at the celebration
staged by San Antonio’s Greek-
Amei^ican community. He sent
word, however, that he missed a
plane in Houston and couldn’t get
there in lime.
West Columbia school teacher
Delbert Grandstaff and his cam-
paign bus, dubbed the “Kathy
Grant Special,” were slowed by
a breakdown on a West Texas
highway as they headed for Big
Spring after attending a Palm
(See SENATE, Page 6)
sations, expressed the hope that
possibilities would be found of set-
tling the Laotian questions peace-
fully.”
Gromyko added that they ex-
pressed hope for an agreement on
peaceful development of a policy
of neutrality.
The two men met in Kennedy’s
oval office, flanked by advisers.
Then they stepped out into the
White House garden on a warm,
sunny day, sat down on a wooden
bench and continued to talk alone.
Gromyko speaks English, al-
though he used an interpreter.
Kennedy and Gromyko went
back inside and met again brief-
ly with their advisers.
While they were in the garden,
Mrs. Kennedy came up and shook
hands with the foreign minister.
Salinger was asked whether
Kennedy and Gromyko discussed
the possibility of a cease-fire in
Laos.
The press secretary replied he
could not go into specific matters
discussed.
As for the prospects for a Soviet
reply to Britain’s proposal for a
cease-fire in Laos and a general
settlement formula, Salinger said
Gromyko had' told Kennedy that
his government is studying the
British plan carefully and intends
to reply in the near future.
Asked whether Gromyko had in-
dicated what the general tone of
the Soviet reply will be, Salinger
said: “He did not.”
While other problems were dis-
cussed to some extent, Salinger
reported, most of the, conference
dealt with the Laotian crisis.
Gromyko said he had expressed
to the President “certain consid-
erations” of Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev and the government
in Moscow on the crisis. He did
not spell out those considerations.
Gromyko said he did not bring
any written message for the Pres-
ident. His reply to a question
about a message clearly indicated
he had given Knenedy an oral
message from Khrushchev.
Gromyko reported that he had
“touched on” the issue of a cease-
fire in Laos during his talk with
Kennedy but “I have nothing to
say on that at this moment.”
“The President and I,” Gromy-
ko said, “had a very interesting
and useful conversation. Na-
turally the question of Laos was
touched' upon.
“The President andi I, at the end
of our conversation, expressed the
hope that a possibility will be
found to settle the controversy in
(See SOLUTION, Page 6)
Easter Holidays
Are Announced
Easter holidays were announced
today for local schools.
Classes will be dismissed on
Friday only at Taylor public
schools, with students returning
o school on Monday.
St. Mary’s parochial students
will get out on Maundy Thurs-
day, Good Friday and the follow-
ing Monday.
Pay Phone
Is Installed
In Mansion
LONDON (J) — Paul Getty,
one of the world’s richest and
most prudent men, said today he
has installed a pay telephone in
his stately English mansion.
“People are funny about tele-
phones,” said the American multi-
millionaire. “They’ll come as
guests and make long-distance
telephone calls all over the
world.”
When you speak to them about
it, they look surprised and say:
“I spoke 30 minutes? Why, it’s
impossible. It couldn’t have been
more than three minutes.”
Getty said that guests are not
the main problem, however.
“I’ve got some splendid serv-
ants now,” he explained, “but in
the past, well, er, some of them
were calling up relatives in Scot-
land and talking and talking. That
all went on my bill.”
Speaking in his slow Oklahoma
drawl, he added: “And then
there’s the questiion of workmen.
We have a lot of them at Sutton
Place. They’re always calling rel-
atives and friends in London.”
Sutton Place, south of London,
is one of England’s most beauti-
ful homes. Getty is said to have
paid about $2.8 million to buy it
from the Duke of Sutherland.
“A call to London costs one and
three”—one shilling three pence—
18 cents—said Getty, “and when
you get some fellow talking for
10 or 15 minutes, well, it all adds
up. So, I’ve installed a coin-box
telephone.”
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